Fellows Collaborate to Bring IF’s Online Training Abroad

January 20, 2015 / Ieva Notturno / Blog, Education, Public Discussion Blog

In recent years IF has migrated many of its operations to online platforms. As a non profit, efforts began as cost saving measures. Now, video-conference platforms, merged calendars, communication via social media platforms is just as efficient as effective. Outside of interoffice exchanges, IF has started doing sanctuary projects, public discussions, and some educational training … Read more »

Ia Natsvlishvili Uses the IF Discussion Process in her Classroom in Tbilisi, Georgia

August 25, 2010 / Mark Notturno / Education

Ia Natsvlishvili was a participant in the 50-Hour Training Course in the IF Discussion Process that IF Fellows Mark Notturno and Ieva Notturno conducted in Washington DC last Spring for Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) scholars. After successfully completing the course, Ia won a grant from IF to support her use of the IF Discussion Process to … Read more »

Student-Centered Discussion: Providing Structured Space for Critical Thinking

March 8, 2010 / Sue Goodney Lea / Blog, Education

When many faculty hear the term “student-centered discussion,” they imagine students leading a “discussion” that is really just a bull session. In fact, this is typically the sort of discussion that happens when faculty allocate small-group discussion time in their classes. Faculty will provide students with one or more questions to discuss, and students will … Read more »

Two Cheers for the Disciplines

February 3, 2010 / Adolf Gundersen / Blog, Education

There’s a lot of talk these days—as there’s always been—about reforming higher education. One of the more popular ideas getting a lot of play is that doing away with the disciplines will fix what’s wrong with the system. The disciplines are maligned for being overly narrow, out of touch, and unable to solve the pressing … Read more »

Why Contrasting Possibilities?

January 27, 2010 / Mark Notturno / Blog

So much of what goes on under the name of political discussion is aimed at persuading people to accept certain public policies. And so much of what goes on in facilitated public policy discussions is aimed at bringing a group to consensus. This is not the aim of IF’s sanctuary and citizen discussions. We believe … Read more »

What Impact Does the IF Approach Have on Faculty?

January 22, 2010 / Sue Goodney Lea / Blog, Education

The Perspectives articles exploring IF in the classroom have, thus far, largely articulated the benefits of our student-centered approach on student learning, interaction, retention, and skill development (leadership, communication, etc.). It is important that we also consider the impact of the process on faculty. This summary is based upon my many hours of debriefing with … Read more »

Jobs and the Future of a College Education?

January 4, 2010 / Jeff Prudhomme / Education

What is the future of a college education in the USA? The recent economic downturn seems to have sharpened the already well-known trend toward seeing a college education largely in terms of enhancing one’s economic security. And as our uncertain economic times become ever more uncertain, it’s easy to understand students wanting to find a … Read more »

A Sense of Relief

December 12, 2009 / mgettings / Education

Now that it’s been well over a month since my last post, it’s hard to know how to sum up all the things that have happened. I’ll start at the conclusion: Thursday was the last day of my IF course. All 15 of our first-year seminars are invited to participate in what we call “Extravaganza” … Read more »

What Next?

October 20, 2009 / mgettings / Education

After reading Maria’s recent post about what she will do next with her IF class now that they are not in their original groups, I realize that I feel I’m at a bit of a crossroads with my class as well. Tomorrow is our last small group discussion on the question “What is Art?”, and … Read more »

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